Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 138 I Killed the Dog.

God. Every part of that cordiality sounded so manufactured and phony. Deirdre was in no mood to play. the game, so she placed the box on a rack next to the door and turned on her heel.

“Miss McKinnon, wait.” Charlene stopped her as she rose from her seat with a smile. “What’s the hurry? Don’t you wanna look around? You know, enjoy the vibe now that you’re here?”

“Not interested,” Deirdre rebutted nonchalantly. She had never been interested in what the affluent upper- class considered haute couture or their glamor. The only reason she had even wanted to be Brendan’s wife was because she had loved him.

Of course, even that had gone away.

“I brought you your necklace,” she stated placidly. “If there’s nothing else you need, excuse me.”

“But there is oneeee thing.” Charlene replied quickly. Her smile deepened. Then, she fished out her phone gracefully and played a video.

a dog being

stopped dead in her tracks. She could feel her blood boiling from

and even though it was near death, that poor thing got its limbs lopped off too. Oh, look! You can see it glancing at the mansion throughout the video-it

eyes were red. She turned back to face Charlene, her voice shaking as much as

take a guess? Guess why I would have a video like this or why I seem

seemed to be quivering in their sockets. She tearfully croaked,

musical with Bren at the time, ‘member? I didn’t have any time to waste by killing a dog.” Charlene responded. The grin on her face was etched even deeper on her lips. “But yes. I was the one who hired the hobo. Now, he’s cuckoo for sure, but he’s not completely out of his senses all the time, okay? So I gave him a buttload of money and dug a hole in the backyard clandestinely.

fingers clutching Charlene’s neck as tears rolled down her cheeks. “How could you?!” she shrieked at the top

breath, but the glee in her eyes only burned brighter. “Y-Y-You’re… right… It was just a d-dog…. It would have… lived a happy life… if it had been owned… literally by anyone else…” she added.” But you… You just had

a loud ringing sound in her brain. She was blind, and yet in her mind’s eye, she could see Bliss crying as it stared in the direction of the mansion. Waiting for help.

was like a knife

itself… It had not even gotten to breathe and live